KUWAIT VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,600	48	7	+ 2,594
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,436	4	340	+ 1,096
Stroke	3	1,199	3	599	+ 600
Malaria	4	1,189	78	0	+ 1,189
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	947	49	6	+ 941
Tuberculosis	6	896	34	31	+ 866
Birth Trauma	7	764	47	7	+ 756
Low Birth Weight	8	733	13	158	+ 575
Liver Disease	9	679	11	192	+ 487
Coronary Heart Disease	10	669	1	2,325	- 1,656
Road Traffic Accidents	11	551	2	649	- 98
Congenital Anomalies	12	475	9	202	+ 273
Hypertension	13	395	5	256	+ 139
Diabetes Mellitus	14	361	6	242	+ 119
Malnutrition	15	347	60	0	+ 347
Meningitis	16	298	45	9	+ 289
Cervical Cancer	17	271	33	32	+ 240
Kidney Disease	18	266	8	204	+ 62
Other Injuries	19	261	22	83	+ 178
Suicide	20	197	18	122	+ 74
Lung Disease	21	192	21	84	+ 108
Maternal Conditions	22	179	54	4	+ 176
Violence	23	174	23	75	+ 99
Syphilis	24	133	64	0	+ 133
Pertussis	25	112	63	0	+ 112
Asthma	26	112	40	21	+ 90
Drownings	27	104	41	19	+ 84
Falls	28	90	19	102	- 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	89	14	139	- 50
Prostate Cancer	30	85	26	58	+ 26
Lymphomas	31	83	15	132	- 49
Fires	32	82	38	28	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	33	76	31	36	+ 39
Poisonings	34	69	42	16	+ 53
Breast Cancer	35	55	7	230	- 175
Oesophagus Cancer	36	54	32	35	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	37	53	28	44	+ 10
Epilepsy	38	50	39	22	+ 28
Leukemia	39	39	17	123	- 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	37	43	14	+ 23
Lung Cancers	41	34	12	161	- 127
Stomach Cancer	42	31	25	72	- 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	31	10	198	- 168
Tetanus	44	29	66	0	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	29	46	8	+ 20
Liver Cancer	46	27	16	129	- 103
Parkinson's Disease	47	25	36	29	- 4
Oral Cancer	48	23	24	74	- 50
Alcohol	49	21	44	12	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	50	20	27	52	- 32
Schistosomiasis	51	19	77	0	+ 19
Skin Disease	52	19	53	4	+ 15
Drug Use	53	18	30	38	- 20
Skin Cancers	54	16	37	28	- 12
Hepatitis B	55	16	58	1	+ 15
Appendicitis	56	13	55	1	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	57	12	29	41	- 29
Leishmaniasis	58	11	76	0	+ 11
Encephalitis	59	11	52	4	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	60	10	62	0	+ 10
Measles	61	7	61	0	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	62	6	20	89	- 82
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	56	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	64	4	35	31	- 26
Other Neoplasms	65	3	51	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	3	59	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	50	5	- 3
Ascariasis	68	1	73	0	+ 1
War	69	1	57	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	65	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	67	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Zambia

Kuwait

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.